[PATCH] ARM: proc-v7: Put stack in data section, handle XIP case

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 04:53:19PM +0900, Magnus Damm wrote:
> From: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas at opensource.se>
> 
> Adjust the ARM v7 setup code to put the temporary stack in the
> data section and also use PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET to handle the XIP case.
> 
> The common case of XIP=n the code is considered to be position
> independent while for XIP=y PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET is fixed. This
> is based on that early code in head.S invoking PROCINFO_INITFUNC
> seems position independent.
> 
> At this point two places in proc-v7.S make use of the temporary
> stack so the PLAT_PHYS_OFFSET calculation is duplicated.
> 
> The XIP=n case has been tested with CPU Hotplug on r8a7779
> (Cortex A9 Quad) and Chris [CCed] has tested the XIP=y
> case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Magnus Damm <damm+renesas at opensource.se>
> Tested-by: Chris.Brandt at renesas.com

Sorry, but what's the problem with XIP=n ?  The above seems to avoid
describing what the problem is there, but it spends an awful lot of
words describing the XIP=n scenario and few describing the XIP=y
scenario.

I think the commit message needs improving.

Thanks.

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